This is an analysis of the poem Come Under My Plaidie ; Or, Modern Marriage Delineated that begins with:
Come under my plaidie, the nicht's gaun to fa';
Come in frae the cauld blast, the drift and the snaw;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXAXAXaX XXaXbXbX XcXXbXXX XXXcXXaX XXXXbXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101101101 10101101101 11011111011 11111001111 11011111011 111110011111 111011111011 11111001111 1111111011 11101101101 11111111011 11011011011 010110111110 10111011111 11101101100110 01101101101 110011111101 11101111010 01101111101 11011111011 011110111110 01101011111 011010011010 11001111111 11011111011 11011011111 01111011111 11111111010 111010110110 01111011011 11111110011 11101011011 11010101011 11011011011 011010011010 11101101001 110110010110 11011011101 010110110110 11011011011 101001011111 11111111011 011110011010 11001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, me, gae, wa', sae, he's, and, to, gude are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word come is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ye connects the lines.
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